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The Minister of state for Education, Hon.  Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba(PhD) has tasked the participants of the just concluded, 23rd National Junior Engineers, Technicians & Scientists (JETS) Competition to improve on the experience they gained from the competition, which he said had the vision of developing talents throughout the country. In his closing remarks, Hon Nwajiuba stated that " I have been fully briefed about the wonderful hospitality of the director/CEO and the entire staff of the center, right from the pre visit by the officials of the ministry to the centre up to this moment, I was not expecting anything less, we are all one in the federal ministry of education" He however thanked all resource persons, coordinator, accompanying teachers and students from all the states and FCT for their untiring efforts towards making the competition a great success. He commended them for their forthrightness and hardwork, which he said will go a long way in advancing science, tech

The minister of state for education Hon. Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba and his counterpart from the ministry of sports and youth development has kicked off the popular principals cup at the Agege stadium in Lagos. The first match of the competition was between Igbobi secondary school and Goverment college kaduna. While the minister of state for education and sports and youths development were joined by the deputy governor of Edo state, H.E Philip Shaibu, Daniel Amokochi and Mary Onyali.  The Principals Cup is a football competition amongst secondary schools, aimed at fostering camaraderie and identifying local football talent at grass-root level. The Competition begins at the start of a new academic session in secondary schools and ends mid June of every year, although the Covid19 may have distorted the process. The competition is expected to harvest talents who will represent Nigeria in future competitions.

  ........ ASK FOR MORE COLLABORATION TO SUSTAIN UNITY IN PDP Valentine Ozigbo, a frontline, aspirant under the platform of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in rhe the upcoming November 6th governorship election in Anambra, on Wednesday, February 24, 2021, joined other members of PDP family in Anambra State to welcome the former National Publicity Secretary of the party, Chief Olisa Metuh as he arrived Anambra State.  While speaking to journalists at the reception held at the Anambra State secretariat in Udoka Estate, Awka, Mr Ozigbo expressed happiness for having Chief Metuh back to Anambra. He described him as a great asset to the PDP in Anambra state.  “I’m excited that we have this kind of event where we have gathered to celebrate and not to mourn. At some point, one of our leaders in the PDP, Chief Metuh was in captivity and was unhealthy. Today, he is free and looking very fit to carry along with his various activities" “Now, it’s time for him to bring to bear his experiences

The new Commissioner of Police, Anambra State Command, CP Monday Bala Kuryas, has resumed in the state after the immediate past Commissioner of Police AIG John Abang  was promoted and transferred to zone 4 Markudi. In his first address to the press today, CP Kuryas reaffirmed his comittment to rid Anambra  of crime and criminal elements, as such laying the foundation for a crime free Anambra State. CP Kuryas is the 29th Commissioner of Police in Anambra state. He opined that "In keeping with the vision of the Inspector General of Police, IGP Mohammed Abubakar Adamu, to make Nigeria a safe and secured place for economic development and growth, Anambra command under my watch, shall take drastic measures on crime. Therefore, all our efforts and energies shall be mobilised and deployed towards the prevention of crimes and successful apprehension of criminals that would test our resolve.  "The command under my watch shall reinvigorate Operation Puff Adder II, and give it more bite

Rochas Okorocha has been arrested by Imo state police command on charges we are yet to ascertain at the moment. But this evening news broke about the former governor taking his aides to break into the sealed property, by Imo state government, allegedly owned by his wife. The video below shows where the police arrested him.

Valentine Chineto Ozigbo, is a governorship aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for the upcoming  governorship election slated for 6th of November in Anambra State. He is the immediate past President and Group CEO of Transcorp Plc, a former banker. In this interview, granted Nigerian Notch at Grand East Hotel Awka, he looked at numerous leadership challenges facing Ndi Anambra, his desire to govern Anambra and his passion for an egalitarian state.  * Let us know about your family background, education and your entry into the business world?*  Thanks for having me chat with you. All my life, I can say, I am a man of grace; a man whom God has special love for. This was been made manifest right from my early childhood. I am a son of a village catechist and headmaster, and my mother was a petty trader. I am the last of seven children. My mother is 86 this year; while my father is 92.  This year, they will be celebrating their 65th wedding anniversary. Because my fath

 B y Francis Okoye  Tell me any Anambra Politician Who Has Empowered His Followers From Boys To Men, I Will Show You An Ifeanyi Ubah Tell me any Governorship Aspirant who has so much stake in the State by the volume of his personal Investments he has cut across the State, and I will show you an Ifeanyi Ubah. Tell me any Anambra Elite who is down to earth and surrounds himself with mainly the Youths and the poor instead of old men and the rich and I will show you an Ifeanyi Ubah.  All Sen Ubah's Personal Investments have over 85 percent of its staff as Youths. For his love for Anambra Youths, Sen Ifeanyi Ubah was the only Anambra born Politician who came out during the #EndSARS Protest at the risk of his life to calm protesting Youths down across the State. Such a man If elected Governor would go extra mile to attract Investments into the State and invoke policies that would create more opportunities for our youths and women in Anambra State to be gainfully engaged.  Even some of hi

The Governorship aspirant under the People's Democratic Party  (PDP), Engr Chris Azubogu, on Thursday inspected the damage at the Nnewi timber and palm oil markets gutted by fire, urging for urgent investigations into the cause of the fire outbreak and supports who victims of the fire._ Engr Azubogu*, representing Nnewi North/Nnewi South/Ekwusigo Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, lamented the level of loss incurred by the traders especially as they were still struggling to recover from the COVID-19 economy and 2020 lockdown which had businesses worst hit by the uncertainties of the business environment. *Azubogu said “it is regrettable that we are at this point at a time like this. At a time our people are struggling to recover from COVID-19 ushered uncertainties that shut down almost the entire 2020, and to witness this fire outbreak on our major markets is so unfortunate."* _He stated that his concern now is on how these markets can be rebuilt, reduce the

Valentine Ozigbo, the leading Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship aspirant for Anambra 2021 election slated for Saturday, November 6, 2021, has applauded the national leadership of the party for being pragmatic and proactive as demonstrated in the early release of the timetable for the primary election.  The PDP on Wednesday, February 17, 2021 published the timetable for the upcoming primary gubernatorial elections and other related activities. According to the document, the PDP’s primary is scheduled to hold on Saturday, June 26, 2021.  While addressing journalists in his campaign office in Udoka Estate, Awka on Thursday, February 18, 2021, Mr Ozigbo remarked, “The timely release of the timetable and schedule of activities leading up to the PDP’s primary election on June 26 [2021], speaks volumes about our party’s preparedness and determination to rescue Anambra State from the maladministration of the incumbent APGA government.” He continued, “The timetable gives room for adeq

The internet a few moments ago, was awash with the presumed decamping of Dr Ikedi Ohakim the former governor of Imo state. A development he has promptly debunked. In a press release made available to Nigerian Notch Newspaper, signed by his aide, Barr Austine Otuokere, however denied the said decamping to APC of the former governor. The press release read thus "His Excellency, Dr. Ikedi Ohakim, has been inundated by calls and inquiries from friends, political associates and family members over  his purported decampment to the All Peoples Congress, APC. His Excellency, however, wishes to state, quite unequivocally, that he is yet to decamp to the APC or any other political party at the moment. The release further stated that His Excellency, takes full cognizance of the fact that the current political atmosphere in the country gives room for speculations, but camp changing by a person of his caliber and pedigree is not something he could smuggle into the internet. Continuning, it sai

  By Ugochukwu Ifeanyi. With the transition from an exporting/production nation in the 60s to the importing/consumption mode of Nigeria, it has become increasingly difficult to compete favourably in the global market as well as guaranteeing a better quality of life owing to the dearth of industries and SMEs between the 80s and 90s.  Now reliant on importation, importers struggle with making profits owing to the fact that the consumption of the goods relies heavily on the economic power of the Nation, which is quite low at the moment so there's no money to shop, which means incredibly low sales coupled with the outrageous taxation at the FG, State and LG levels, which further means the importer is forced to hike the prices of the products in order to meet up  Sen Dr Ifeanyi Ubah's motion is superb and timely especially now that the economy is languishing under the crushing effects of the pandemic, reducing the taxation on imported goods is very vital to the recovery of the econo